The country is celebrating its 70th Army Day today to commemorate the taking
over of the Indian army by Lieutenant General K M Cariappa. Cariappa took
over as the first Indian Commander-in-chief from General Sir Francis Butcher,
the last British commander-in-chief in India.

A day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in India on a
six-day visit; he is being given a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally welcomed him.

In a milestone event in the country's space history, ISRO launched its 100th
satellite along-with 30 others in a single mission today.
All 31 satellites were launched from a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
off the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, about 100 kms from
Chennai.
Out of the 31, three are Indian and 28 are from six countries: Canada,
Finland, France, South Korea, UK and the US.
The first space mission in 2018 onboard the PSLV-C40, carrying Cartosat-2
Series satellite, comes 4 months after a similar launch failed to deliver the
country's eighth navigation satellite in the earth's lower orbit on August
31, 2017.

2017 got its first straight Hindi blockbuster in Tiger Zinda Hai, after
an excruciating wait of eleven long months. Tiger Zinda Hai has managed
to earn more than Rs 300 crore in India.
Tiger Zinda Hai duo
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in conversation with Piya Hingorani
reminiscing how the blockbuster hit came to be.

Explosive video evidence shows that the Chinese incursion in Tuting
sector in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang district not only involved
civilians of a road building team, but happened with the full knowledge
of the Chinese authorities and Army.